Essop Pahad: a diligent communist driven by an optimistic vision of a non-racial South Africa: Essop Patel was a confidante of former president Thabo Mbeki. Bongani Mnguni/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images The death of South African freedom struggle stalwart Essop Pahad (84) on 6 July 2023 prompted tributes from his former comrades. There were also less respectful …
Brazil election: what I saw on the streets made me cautiously optimistic: I was in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, as the votes were being counted for the nation’s presidential election. The atmosphere was tense among supporters of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after the first round …
COVID data is complex and changeable – expecting the public to heed it as restrictions ease is optimistic: fran_kie/Shutterstock Throughout the pandemic, public health decisions have been based on the government’s interpretation of data. With COVID restrictions lifting in England on Monday July 19, that onus will now fall primarily on the general public – …
South Africa in the news: British Airways cautiously optimistic about flights to South Africa: Virgin Atlantic and British Airways have once again postponed resuming services to South Africa, but it’s not for …: “South Africa” – BingNews Tanzania: Zari in Dar With Her Children On Another Co-Parenting Duty: South Africa-based Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan aka …
Evidence of brand new physics at Cern? Why we’re cautiously optimistic about our new findings: Particle collisions are starting to reveal unexpected results. vchal/Shutterstock When Cern’s gargantuan accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), fired up ten years ago, hopes abounded that new particles would soon be discovered that could help us unravel physics’ deepest mysteries. …
South Africa in the news: The COVID Pod with Dr. Ashish Jha: Optimistic Outcomes and Overcoming Hurdles: Managing COVID-19 in March 2021: In this episode of The COVID Pod with Dr. Ashish Jha, recorded Tuesday, March 2, Dr. Jha speaks to the importance of equitable vaccine distribution, ventilation over sanitation for public spaces and …: …
South Africa in the news: The latest news on a leading Covid vaccine candidate is promising, but how optimistic should we be?: The company announced a breakthrough with their phase 3 trials this week. Although the results are promising, how excited should we really be?: “South Africa” – BingNews Cabotegravir highly effective in preventing HIV …
Coronavirus does not look like a ‘black swan’ event – here are some reasons to be cautiously optimistic: The alarm is sounding again. The Asia financial markets were reasonably calm about the new coronavirus until the news of the lockdown of the whole city of Wuhan in China on January 23, where the first and …
Why Does Feeling Optimistic Feel So Weird to You?: It doesn't feel that way to everyone. It didn't feel that way to my old college roommate, who saw every rained-out Sunday as a dazzling opportunity to stay inside cleaning closets and watching old movies while eating avant-garde ice-cream sundaes crafted with weird kitchen scraps – …
Six articles to make you optimistic about the planet’s future this Earth Day: Alternative energies. Jürgen/Flickr April 22 is Earth Day, one of the world’s largest environmental movements against climate change. It’s a time when people around the world come together to defend the environment against the impact of humans. With a climate change-denying Trump …